Insecticide distributor



July 28, 1936. H, H. cHAPl-N ET AL. 2,049,194

INSECTJCID DISTRIBUTOR l Filed Nov. 19, 1932 casing and through the cap 'I of the container, and soldered or otherwise secured thereto in a rigid manner. This tube extends downwardly from the cap a distance and has. an inwardlyclosing ball valve I5 at its lower end adapted to held against displacement from the tube by a valve stop I1, comprising an angular bar having va vertical arm I8 lying against the outer side of the tube It! and soldered or otherwise secured thereto, and ahorizontal arm I9 which extends in a diametral rdirection across the lower open end of the tube in slightly spaced relation thereto. The ball valve normally rests upon the horizontal Y arm of this valve stop and allows air to be forced from the pump cylinder into the container 5 during .the movement of the plunger II in the direc- 'the container through the air-inlet tube.

tion of the arrow shown in Fig. 2.

When the plunger is moved in an opposite direction, suctionsis created wtihin the air-inlet tube and the ball lvalve I5 drawn against 'the valve seat I6 to prevent exhausting the air from Air is consequently forced into the container by the pump 8 and stored up therein so as to act under pressure against the liquid insecticide, or the powdered insecticide, as the case may be, confined within the lcontainer.

An exit or distributor member isprovided with two passages which connect the interior of the container with the atmospheric air. 'I'his distributor member comprises two separate and clistinct conduits or passages, preferably in the form of tubes 26, 2l of diierent sizes arranged one Within the other, the inner tube 20 being sepa;- rated from the wall of the outer' tube by an intervenlng'space 22 and so held in any approved manner. 'Ihese tubes are curved to provide a horizontal portion and a vertical portion for each, which are connected by a curved portion,- the vertical portions .of these tubes extending through the peripheral wall of the pump cylinder I0 and through the cap I of the container, while the horizontal portions pass through the end wall 23 of the pump cylinder. of these tubes are wholly within the pump cylinder.

'Ihe outer tube 2I opens directly into the container 5 a considerable distance from the bottom thereof, while the inner tube f2|! terminates in close proximity tothe bottom of the container, the lower portion' of this inner tube being `laterally deflected and its lower end therefore closely approaches the-side wall of the container in a forward direction so that when the device is inclined downwardly, as when spraying low flowers or plants, and the liquid insecticide 'or other material within the container isalmost exhausted therefrom, the in ner extremity of the inner tube will nevertheless be fully submerged within the liquid, which will be forced outwardly under pressure of the air delivered into the container by the pump. i

We have provided a nipple 2l at the outer end of the outer'tube 2|, which is entered in the latter and soldered or otherwise secured thereto; the inner tube 20 being continued through this nipple and slightly beyond the outerl end thereof.

When liquid insecticide, a liquid disir. etant, or l other liquid substance is to be distributed by means of this device, a nozzle 25 is applied to vous manner.

The curved portions assai the screw-threaded outer end of the nipple 28 and positioned in slightly spaced relation to the outer extremity of the inner tube 20; this nozzle having a comparatively small liquid exit opening 26 arranged in its outer end wall co-axially with the inner tube 20. This nozzle is held in place on the nipple 24 bymeans of a lamb nut 2l, between which and the inner end of the nozzle a gasket 28 is arranged, and it is therefore adjustable to regulate the space between it and the end of the inner tube.'

Itis to beunderstood that the inner tube 20 is utilizedas the liquid-distributing or spraying' tube, while the outer tube 2| isutilize'd as the powder-distributing'or duster tube, byv means of which powdered or fine granular material is distributed. All parts of the device remain unchanged 'in their relative positions, excepting only the liquid-spraying nozzle 25 which is removed when it is desiredto distribute powdered, fine granular, or dust-like material.

In Fig. 2 we have shown the nozzle removed from the device, and in this form, under compression of the plunger in the pump, air is forced into the container 5 through the air-inlet tube I when said plunger is moved in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2. When, under reciprocation of the plunger, the plunger is moved in a reverse direction, suction created forward of the plunger draws the ball valve I5 upwardly against its seat so as to prevent exhausting the air from the container. Thus, the ball valve I5 is reciprocated upwardly and downwardly withinV the air-inlet tube in conformity with the reciprocating movements of the pump plunger, and pressure is built up in the container so that the material to be sprayed or dusted, vas the case may be, will be ejected in When liquid is contained within the containerl E, the air` compressed jwithin the container will force liquid out through the inner or liquid-discharge tube 2li without any possibility oi the liquid being forced through the outer tube 2i, due to the fact that the outer tube terminates at its inner or lowenend above the liquid within the container and consequently admits only air, which passes through the outer tube and commingles within the nozzle with the liquid forced out of the inner or liquid-discharge tube. Therea constant or continufore, when the nozzle 25 is applied to the outer tube 2| with its 'end wall positioned in close proximity to the outer extremity of the inner tube 2li,4 as shown in Fig. 3, liquid will be forced out of the container through the inner or liquiddischarge tube 20, and this air, by reason of its traveling toward the escaping liquid, will create the desired spray of the liquidas it escapes from the exit opening of the nozzle, the `neness of spray and the area of distribution of the spray Any other means may be provided for introducing the air to the. column of liquid escaping .from the outer end of the inner tube 20, such as -being regulated by adjustment of the nozzle 25 von the nipple 2e.

accesos when it is desired to provide the container with a dust or powder insecticide or other powdered or granular dry materiahthe liquid spray nozzle 25 is removed from the nipple 2t, which latter may be considered'as forming part of the outer tube 2i, and thus bothrthe outer end of the inner-.or liquid-discharge tube 2t and the outer end of the outer or powder-discharge tube 2i are open to their full extent to atmospheric air. .Under such conditions,- a'ir will be forced into the container 5 under pressureby the pump and will loosen the dust or powdered substance at the top and cause the iine loosened particles to be held, or moved about, in suspension, with the result that the air maintained under pressure within the container will force the loosened dust or powdered material out through the outer tube 2i; this dust escaping from the outer extremity of "the nipple, or outer tube more broadly considered,

and being distributed over any desired area, particularly since the outer end of the inner tube 2@ extends somewhat beyond the outer end oi the nipple 2d, or outer tube broadly considered. The

device is therefore one which will as eiectively spray liquid materiales powdered. dust, or ne granular material; it being merely necessary to convert the device for useior one purpose into the other by removing, or applying, the nozzle 25. 'Ihe device is'therefore simple to operate and may be used interchangeably as a duster or a liquid spraying device.

In the drawing we have shown our invention as applied to a continuous spraying or dusting device, wherein liquid insecticide or other liquid substances, or dust -or powdered insecticide or other like material, will be ejected from and distributed by the nozzle of the device under continuous ioree, as distinguished from the ordinary device in which reliance is placed solely on the compression force applied by the pump without resorting to the storage of compressed air for constant action' against the material to be ejected.

It is, however, our intention to utilize our invention in connection with an intermittent spraying, or dusting device, such as solely depends on the compression force lof the pump; i and our invention may also be embodied in double-action sprayingdevices and in spraying or dusting structures of various kinds without departing from the spirit of the invention as set out in the appended claims, and without sacriiicing any of the advantages' thereof.

It is to be understood that with the nozzle 25 removed from the nipple 2d or, broadly considered, from the outer end of the powder-discharge tube, said liquid-discharge tube is inedective for conveying any of the powdered substance when the container is supplied with such substance,

and is not rendered effective for conveying liquid until the discharge area at the outer end oi the outer or powder-discharge tube is restricted. However, seid liquid-discharge tube is highly efective in connection with the outer tubein that it serves, by reason of its axial position in said outer tube, to iorm a comparatively small annular space through which the powdered substance is forcibly directed, and the end of the liquiddischarge tube, especially when extended-beyond the outer end oi' the powder-discharge tube, acts as a diuser for the powder.

It will therefore be clear from the'ioregolng, that liquid can ce discharged through the liquiddischarge tube 2h upon closing or restricting the outer end of the powder-discharge tube *20,* and that a somewhat smaller discharge or exit openf ing than provided by the .liquid-discharge 'tube 26 is desirable, and we therefore provide a nozzle which. in addition to serving as a spraying nozzle, also serves as a closure or regulator for the 5 outer or powder-discharge tube.- By providing nozzle with a comparatively small exit or i opening, such for example as shown a iiner spray is assured than would be at t,

`possible by having the liquid discharge directly from the outer endof the liquid-discharge tube to. Nozzles of various kinds may be employed' depending on the nature oi the spray vand the area to be covered, it being quite clear that the smaller the exit opening 2d in the nozzle, the l5 nner willbe the spray and the greater the area covered, although the distance of projection will be diminished; and this, taken in connection with the adjustment oi the nomle lt5 on the nipple 2t, provides maximum variation in kind and area of projection.

It may here be stated, that when the nozzle is applied to the nipple 2li, what we have termedl a powder-discharge tube becomes an air-discharge tube and the annular passage 22 between 25 the wall oi said tube and the inner tube 26 serves as an air passage'.

For the purpose of this invention, the nozzle 25 is, in a broad sense, to be considered as a part of the tube or nipple 2t.

Having thus described our invention. what we claim is:

1.v In an insecticide distributor, the combination of a container having a capv applied to its upper end, a pump secured to said cap and extending radially therefrom, an air inlet-tube connected to said pump and extending through said cap into said container, and two tubes arranged one within the other 'and having opposite ends extending from said pump, said tubes having their intermediate portions extending angularly through said pump and having corresponding ends extending different distances into said container and their other ends opening into atmospheric air.

2. In an insecticide distributor, the combination of a container having its upper end operi and exrnally threaded, a. cap threadingly se'- cured to said container, a pump having a pump cylinder secured to the upper surface of said cap and extending radially therefrom, an air-inlet tube secured to said pump cylinder and extending into said container, an angular tube extending through said pump cylinder and projecting from the peripheral wall thereof through said cap into said container and also from the end wall of said pump cylinder, said tube having its angular portion within said pump cylinder, o. second angular tube extending through said iirst mentioned angular tube and having one end entered in said container so as to terminate near the bottom thereof and its other end terminating adjacent the outer end of said mst-mentioned angular tube, said angular tubes being separated by an annular passage through which powderinsecticide may be forced and the outer end of said inner tube serving as a diiiiuser ior said powder-insecticide, and means capable of being applied to said mst-mentioned tube to cause. the same to serve as an air tube and to convert said second time into a liquid-discharge tube.

3. In an insecticidel distributor. the combination of a container having its upper end open, a cap removably applied to said upper end to close said container, a pump having a pump cyl- ,l

inder mounted on and secured to said cap and disposed crosswise thereon, an air-inlet tube secured in theperipherai wall of said pump cylinder and extending through said cap into said container, two Atubes arranged one within the other and 'disposed within said pump cylinder. portions extending through the end ot said pump cylinder and portions extending through the peripheral wall oi' said cylinder and throughl said cap to enter said container. the inner of said tubes terminating at a lower level than the outer and serving to restrict the opening in said outer tube and as a diiuser for the exit end oi said outlet tube.

4. An air pressure distributor, comprising a container adapted to contain a liquid substance, means to introduce air under pressure to said container, including a pump having a cylinder extending radially a considerable distance from said container in one direction', a distributing member comprising two tubes arranged axially one within the other and having intermediate vportions extending anguiarly throughone end of said pump cylinder with corresponding end portions projecting axially vfrom the end of said pump cylinder and the remaining end portions projecting into said container, the outer o! said tubes amazes terminating with its inner end within said oontainer a considerable distance above the bottom-v thereot and the inner of said tubes being bent within said container to terminate with its inner end oil-center therein in a direction opposite that in which said pump cylinder extends, and a nozzle having a perforation in `its end wall secured to the outer end ot said outer tube and having said end wall in close juxtaposition to the outer end ot said inner tube.

l0 5. An insecticide distributor, comprising 'a container having a single opening to supply said. container with insecticide in powdered or liquid form, an air pump having a cover rigid therewith to form ay unitary structure and to close said 15 opening, communicating means between said pump and said container, two tubes carried by said unitary structure and insertabie diierent distances into said container when .applying said cover to the latter, said tubes extending outward- 20 ly from said unitary structure at corresponding ends whereby powdered insecticide-may be distributed, and means detachably applied to one oi said tubes to enable liquid insecticide 'to be sprayed therefrom.

i HORACE H. CHAPIN. .DON E. MACDONALD. 

